This is an analysis of the poem Yarns that begins with:
When the docks are all deserted, and the derricks all are still,
And the wind across the anchorage comes singing sad and shrill,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb cXdX eebb ccdX ffgg bbhh ffXf cXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 101110101010111 101010100110111 101010101011101 1110010101010001 101110101011101 001011100110010 101111100010111 001110101010100 101110111011101 101110101001111 001110101010111 0010101000100101 001110101010111 101111111011111 11101110101011 101111111011100 111010101110111 101010101010101 011111101110111 101110101010001 10101110101100111 001110101011111 11110100111101 101011100011111 0010101000101010 101010101011101 100010100010111 1010011101010001 101111101011101 101111100110010 1010100101011101 11011101111100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, same, of, for, their, but are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, just are repeated.
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- summary of Yarns;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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